24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-6.3.1

REVIEW OF PROPELLER-WING AERODYNAMIC INTERFERENCE

L. L. M. Veldhuis
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Keywords: propeller-wing interaction, numerical modeling, experiments.

In this paper the mechanisms and phenomena that play a role in the aerodynamic interference between tractor propellers and a wing are reviewed. Moreover, the effect of various parameters like the propeller position and inclination will be discussed in detail based on both experimental and calculated data.

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